Logbook of the Splendid
(Ship) In the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research LibraryMachine-readable finding aid created by: Rachel AdlerFunds for this project were provided by the North Pacific Research
Bureau.Logbook of the Splendid
(Ship) In the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library

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In the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library

Title:

Splendid (Ship)

Date Span:

August 11, 1862 - April 10, 1867

Mss Number:

ODHS 993

Extent:

322 pages

Abstract:

Whaling vessel, out of Edgartown, Massachusetts, mastered by James B.
Huxford, on voyage from August 11, 1862 - April 11, 1867 to the Western, River Platte,
30/44, coast of Africa, Tuamatos, On the Line, Northwest coast, off Guam, Anadyr
Sea, Coast of California, near French Rock, and Coast of Chile whaling
grounds.

Whaling vessel, out of Edgartown, Massachusetts, mastered by James B. Huxford, on voyage from
August 11, 1862 - April 11, 1867 to the Western, River Platte, 30/44, coast of Africa,
Tuamatos, On the Line, Northwest coast, off Guam, Anadyr Sea, Coast of California,
near French Rock, and Coast of Chile whaling grounds; owner-agent: Abraham Osborn;
built at Mattapoisett Mass., 1835.

Log, keeper unknown, relating to a whaling voyage to the Atlantic, Pacific, and
Arctic Oceans. It includes description of whales and walrus seen and taken, death at
sea, indigenous people, the making of yarn, piracy, punishment on ship, and
shipboard medicine; and whale stamps and profile views.

Note: the page numbers in this finding aid reflect those found in the physical
logbook, not the PDF.

Notable events: Sep 17, 1862 p. 7 the bark Osceola reported that a pirate ship (the Shenandoah)off the island had burnt 9 ships in the last
10 days. Jun 24, 1865 p. 206 the crew of the Splendid
heard that the Shenandoah burned the Okhotsk fleet of
whalers and several ships near them. The pirate ship came close to the Splendid but did not attack. Sep 8 p. 220 a crew member
who was a native Hawaiian died and was buried at sea. Oct 24 p. 229 another crew
member died and was buried. Jan 28, 1866 p. 243 one of the boatsteers was demoted
for missing too many whales. Apr 27 p. 257 another crew member died and was buried
at sea the next day.

New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library: Logbook of the Splendid (Ship), ODHS
993

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